Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:35:44 -0800 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/5] arch: atomic rework |
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 06:48:02PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Linus Torvalds > <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > > > And conversely, the C11 people can walk away from us too. But if they > > can't make us happy (and by "make us happy", I really mean no stupid > > games on our part) I personally think they'll have a stronger > > standard, and a real use case, and real arguments. I'm assuming they > > want that. > > I should have somebody who proof-reads my emails before I send them out. > > I obviously meant "if they *can* make us happy" (not "can't").
Understood. My next step is to take a more detailed look at the piece of the standard that should support RCU. Depending on how that turns out, I might look at other parts of the standard vs. Linux's atomics and memory-ordering needs. Should be interesting. ;-)
Thanx, Paul
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